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Foundry Reviews -- anyone want to be my test subject?

ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited August 2013 in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
Hi folks,

Thanks to everyone who volunteered missions for me to review. I'll post links to the reviews as I play through them.

You can find information about the criteria I use for grading each mission at this link.

1. Collectiveness Strikes Gold by stoutes ●●●
2. Your Mission Has Ended by isthisscience ●●●●
3. Diplomacy in the Gamma Quadrant by markhawkman ○●●
4. Traitor's Tales by nrobbiec ○●
5. Desperate Prey by djf021 ●●●
6. Uprising: Act I -- Off the Grid by maninblack017
7. Curious Cats of Chaos by amahood
8. Shadows of the Past by backyardserenade
9. Duritanium Man by zorbane
10. The Fvain Group by logitech007
11. Homesick Heroes by amahood
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  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    If you don't mind doing Collectiveness strikes gold (ST-HII7CAMOB)? :D

    Part 2 is published, but is only for playtesting and is still unfinished. If you are curious you may already take a look, but don't pin me on it just yet!
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    You got it, Stoutes. I'll let you know when I have the review posted :)
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  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Thank you very much! Will review yours shortly.
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • isthisscienceisthisscience Member Posts: 863 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    More reviewing always welcome. I'd suggest mine of course (either one), but you may wish to focus on the newest missions that have been popping up that need some more advertising.
  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    isthisscience wrote: »
    More reviewing always welcome. I'd suggest mine of course (either one), but you may wish to focus on the newest missions that have been popping up that need some more advertising.

    ^^ I would suggest doing both of them!!
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I must say, "Your Mission Has Ended" sounds very interesting.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    You could do one of mine if you want.
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  • nrobbiecnrobbiec Member Posts: 959 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    You could do mine, Traitor's Tales if you have the time :)
  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Stoutes, I posted your mission review at this link. I also posted a breakdown of the rating system here

    I will try to do another review tomorrow :)
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  • djf021djf021 Member Posts: 1,382 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I could always use another review... :)

    It's called "Desperate Prey"
    Author: djf021
    Fed side, takes approximately 30-45 minutes depending on choices.
    Thanks!
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  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Folks, thanks for all of your replies! I updated the front page with the list of requests and I'll add links as I complete the reviews.
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  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    isthisscience wrote: »
    More reviewing always welcome. I'd suggest mine of course (either one), but you may wish to focus on the newest missions that have been popping up that need some more advertising.

    Just posted my review for "Your Mission Has Ended." Glad I stuck around to play through it, that was a top-notch mission.
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  • maninblack017maninblack017 Member Posts: 152 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    If you feel like it, you can review my mission. It's only been up for about a week. It's my first one so I'm welcome to as much feedback as I can get.

    Uprising: Act I - Off The Grid
    Federation side. Takes about 45 minutes or so.

    Act II is under construction at this time though. So hopefully you'll want to check it out when it releases later this month. Thanks!
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  • amahoodamahood Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    ashtaku wrote: »
    Hi folks,

    Thanks to everyone who volunteered missions for me to review. I'll post links to the reviews as I play through them.

    You can find information about the criteria I use for grading each mission at this link.

    1. Collectiveness Strikes Gold by stoutes ●●●
    2. Your Mission Has Ended by isthisscience ●●●●
    3. (to be determined) by markhawkman
    4. Traitor's Tales by nrobbiec
    5. Desperate Prey by djf021

    your welcome to try mine, if you wish, but be warned, I don't think my episodes are the kind that many people like. BWAhahahahaaa.

    So it's most likely you will find mine to be total and utter (BEEEEP!). But who knows, maybe you won't hate them.

    But hey, on the positive view of things, if you do mine, at least you'll be able to have at least somebody's episodes that you can give low ratings too and you can criticize it all ya like too. (always feels good to get that out).

    I'm trying to learn to take things "with a grain of salt". So yeppers.

    go on and feel free to try out my boring dull , terribly written and indeed pathetic episodes.

    But don't worry, there's more terrible episodes to come from me , so keep on the look-out.

    :eek:

    So, remember, if you want to review or play my episodes, yer kdf or fed character needs to be level 41 or higher. ok here they are, try if you dare, though I don't doubt you'll regret it :

    kdf:

    Curious Cats of Chaos - ST-HMWAYC3KS

    Earth Invasion - ST-HGFEEMVMO

    BloodThirsty Enemies - ST-HPBYSJ456

    Fed:

    Long Lost Friend - ST-HRQV6CUIV

    Long Lost Friend 2 - ST-HGYIGAEE3

    Long Lost Friend 3 - ST-HSXU76WYB


    So , good luck, doubt the stories will make much sense, nor be much fun to play, but feel free to review and play :P BWAA-hahahahaaaa.


    But don't worry, as of this moment, I'm writing new TRIBBLE every day for the foundry.     :D:eek:
  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    ashtaku wrote: »
    Stoutes, I posted your mission review at this link. I also posted a breakdown of the rating system here

    I will try to do another review tomorrow :)

    Thank you very much! Nice review, pictures and rating!
    Language has always been my weak point, especially since i'm no native English speaker this certainly is my weak spot.

    I will let you know when this mission is updated.
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    amahood wrote: »
    your welcome to try mine, if you wish, but be warned, I don't think my episodes are the kind that many people like.

    You're having a bad day, Amahood? :)

    @ Ashtaku; The missions Amahood has made (i've played most of them) aren't as bad as he makes it sound. Story and execution are quite well, the only thing you have to get used to are how the dialogs works out. Would certainly give it a try!
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • amahoodamahood Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    stoutes wrote: »
    You're having a bad day, Amahood? :)

    @ Ashtaku; The missions Amahood has made (i've played most of them) aren't as bad as he makes it sound. Story and execution are quite well, the only thing you have to get used to are how the dialogs works out. Would certainly give it a try!

    just Home-sick. happens when i dream about Home all night then wake up LOL. but that happens alot. nothing to worry about. though perhaps I should stay away from posting on days like this LOL.
  • isthisscienceisthisscience Member Posts: 863 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    ashtaku wrote: »
    Just posted my review for "Your Mission Has Ended." Glad I stuck around to play through it, that was a top-notch mission.

    Thanks for the awesome review ashtaku, and you write good ones, nice level of depth. Hope you get through a plenty more :).

    amahood wrote: »
    just Home-sick. happens when i dream about Home all night then wake up LOL. but that happens alot. nothing to worry about. though perhaps I should stay away from posting on days like this LOL.

    Ah, don't beat yourself up Amahood. As was once said, success is the ability to move from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm - and you've hardly failed just because you get the odd bad review. And if that doesn't help, which is probably doesn't, I find a slice of cake and a hot chocolate improves my mood :).
  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    isthisscience wrote: »
    I find a slice of cake and a hot chocolate improves my mood :).

    Why did you just post that :eek::mad: , now i have to scour the cabinets to find something *me hungry now*. :D
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Stoutes, isthisscience:

    Glad to hear you liked the reviews, looking forward to doing more :)

    Maninblack017, amahood:

    I have added Off the Grid and Curious Cats to the review queue -- once I get a chance to play them I will add a link to the blog too :D
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited August 2013
    Enjoying your reviews ashtaku. Keep them coming :)
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  • amahoodamahood Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    isthisscience wrote: »
    Ah, don't beat yourself up Amahood. As was once said, success is the ability to move from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm - and you've hardly failed just because you get the odd bad review. And if that doesn't help, which is probably doesn't, I find a slice of cake and a hot chocolate improves my mood .

    Isthisscience, you got me laughing Bigtime! Thank you for saying what you did. :)

    Definitely got me in a good mood. LOL. (and the fact it's my wife and I's anniversary today).

    Chocolate , and cake! Now yer talkin "my kind a language" !!! I've got "a sweet tooth a mile high".

    In fact, the main thing I'm always hoping my dear wife and I get from the shop , is Chocolate!

    :D

    Course, it's probably a good thing she decides what we get and not me, or I'd be buying us lots of goodies. LOL

    Today's our anniversary so that's what also has me in a good mood. we're gonna spend a nice evening together later tonight. :cool:

    Oh , also, thanks for saying what you did about this:
    isthisscience wrote: »
    success is the ability to move from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm

    Very good words.

    I appreciate it.

    God Bless you.
    ashtaku wrote: »
    amahood:

    I have added Off the Grid and Curious Cats to the review queue -- once I get a chance to play them I will add a link to the blog too :D

    cool.
  • backyardserenadebackyardserenade Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    You have a very good review system and the published reviews were an interesting read.

    If you are interested, I'd like you to review "Shadows of the Past". :)
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  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    backyardserenade wrote: »
    You have a very good review system and the published reviews were an interesting read.

    If you are interested, I'd like you to review "Shadows of the Past". :)

    Glad you liked the reviews. I added your episode to my list :)
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    You decided to do Diplomacy in the Gamma Quadrant? Cool. Two things quick:

    1: you may already have noticed, but it's a KDF mission.
    2: I went overboard on the optional dialogs.
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  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    You decided to do Diplomacy in the Gamma Quadrant? Cool. Two things quick:

    1: you may already have noticed, but it's a KDF mission.
    2: I went overboard on the optional dialogs.

    Mark:

    I thought the optional dialogues were great. Are you planning on going back and finishing the story you started in that episode? From a technical point of view the mission was flawless, but it ended just when the story started to kick into full gear.

    On the topic of the episode, I posted my review here.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    ashtaku wrote: »
    Mark:

    I thought the optional dialogues were great. Are you planning on going back and finishing the story you started in that episode? From a technical point of view the mission was flawless, but it ended just when the story started to kick into full gear.

    On the topic of the episode, I posted my review here.
    Yeah, I got that a lot.... I'd really not thought things out past where it not-quite-ended. I might make a part 2 sometime.

    "other than one single-letter typo" where? I thought I killed them all....

    So you didn't fight Enliss? Hehe.... There's two points where you can fight her. In the "interior" of the Vorta base there is a forcefield you can interact with that seperates the power core from the rest of the base. If you interact with it, a console to the left with become interactable. When you interact with that, the NPC contact version of Enliss disappears, and an enemy group appears. (It's a reskinned Reman Captain mob)

    Also, on the Ruins map, you can fight Enliss by simply walking west from where Loriss is standing.

    BTW did you find the dialogs where some of the Vorta talk about where Enliss and Eridian came from?

    Thanks for the review! :D
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  • zorbanezorbane Member Posts: 1,617 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Woo more reviewers! I love reading the reviews and every one is different. Shows that everyone's tastes are different and that even if one person doesn't like a mission, there's plenty more out there that do.

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  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    Yeah, I got that a lot.... I'd really not thought things out past where it not-quite-ended. I might make a part 2 sometime.

    "other than one single-letter typo" where? I thought I killed them all....

    So you didn't fight Enliss? Hehe.... There's two points where you can fight her. In the "interior" of the Vorta base there is a forcefield you can interact with that seperates the power core from the rest of the base. If you interact with it, a console to the left with become interactable. When you interact with that, the NPC contact version of Enliss disappears, and an enemy group appears. (It's a reskinned Reman Captain mob)

    Also, on the Ruins map, you can fight Enliss by simply walking west from where Loriss is standing.

    BTW did you find the dialogs where some of the Vorta talk about where Enliss and Eridian came from?

    Thanks for the review! :D

    There's a place in the script where a Klingon character spells "Qapla'" as "Q'pla." Like I said -- a pretty minor issue.

    I may have to go back and try out the Enliss fight, I did not get that particular encounter on my playthrough.

    Glad to hear you enjoyed the review :)
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  • ashtakuashtaku Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    zorbane wrote: »
    Woo more reviewers! I love reading the reviews and every one is different. Shows that everyone's tastes are different and that even if one person doesn't like a mission, there's plenty more out there that do.

    Is it too late to join? Mine's Duritanium Man by @Zorbane

    Definitely not too late :) I added you to the list.
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